炮烙

Chinese

		cannon; gun; firecracker	bake; flat iron; large cake
trad. (炮烙)		炮	烙
simp. #(炮烙)		炮	烙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páoluò

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau⁴ lok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páoluò
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páoluò
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao²-lo⁴
    • Yale: páu-lwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paurluoh
    • Palladius: паоло (paolo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau⁴ lok³
    • Yale: pàauh lok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau⁴ lok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao⁴ log³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯²¹ lɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: baew lak

Rime
Character	炮	烙
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	薄交切	盧各切
Baxter	baew	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠau/	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚau/	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bau/	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨw/	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/bau/	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/bau/	/lɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱau/	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páo	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	paau4	lok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bruː  ɡ·raːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炮	烙
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	286	3870
Phonetic component	勹	各
Rime group	幽	鐸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	庖	落
Old Chinese	/*bruː/	/*ɡ·raːɡ/

Noun

炮烙

1. a paoluo, a hot pillar for torture, said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang to entertain his consort Daji

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炮	烙
ほう Hyōgaiji	らく Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Kanji in this term
炮	烙
ほう Hyōgaiji	らく > ろく Hyōgaiji
kan’on	irregular

Etymology

From Chinese 炮烙 (páoluò). Compare Mandarin 炮烙 (páolào).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほーらく [hòórákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

• (Tokyo) ほーろく [hòórókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

炮(ほう)烙(らく) • (hōraku) ^{←はうらく (fauraku)?}
(alternative reading hiragana ほうろく, rōmaji hōroku, historical hiragana はうろく)

1. Alternative spelling of 焙烙
2. (history) a paolao
   • 1996 November 1, Ryū Fujisaki, “第(だい)３(さん)回(かい)　妲(だっ)己(き)ちゃん 炮(ほう)烙(らく)を造(つく)る [Chapter 3: Daji-chan Devises the Paolao]”, in 封(ほう)神(しん)演(えん)義(ぎ) (封(ほう)神(しん)演(えん)義(ぎ)) [Investiture of the Gods], volume 1 (fiction; paperback), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 104:

     なっ…何(なん)だ　これは
     炮(ほう)烙(らく)ですわん♡この中(なか)で炎(ほのお)を燃(も)やしあのふ(・)い(・)ご(・)で高(こう)温(おん)にすると　この銅(どう)柱(ちゅう)はまっ赤(か)になるのん♡そこに罪(ざい)人(にん)を抱(だ)きつかせる———という処(しょ)刑(けい)道(どう)具(ぐ)ですわん♡

     Na'…Nan da kore wa
     Hōraku desu wan♡ Kono naka de honō o moyashi ano FUIGO de kōon ni suru to kono dōchū wa makka ni naru non♡ Soko ni zainin o dakitsukaseru ———to iu shokei dōgu desu wan♡

     Wh…What the hell are these?
     These are Paolao♡ We will set fire inside them with the BELLOWS over there, and once we do, these copper pillars will become hot red♡ And then we will push the criminal on them ———These are devices of execution♡